Dwita Darma Blog

Last weekend in the PH. Well, me and my roommates had an appointment with our Philippino friends today. She is Gail the social science student, our tour guide from the campus tour. She will accompany us to go to Quiapo. Gail was not alone. She brought her boyfriend Harold, her cousin Ate Val and Kuya Ralph. We ride Jeepney to get there. Our first stop is souvenirs shop. I was so excited to buy souvenirs for my family and friends. I bought a lot of keychains and pencil case. Its already Zuhur (praying time in the afternoon for Muslim) then we went to Golden Mosque for praying. We are so happy, almost a month we are in Philippine but this is our first time to visit Mosque in Manila. After praying, we had lunch in Jollibee to recharge our energy because we will continue the trip to National Museum and Divisiora. We really enjoyed today. We got to the dorm around 6 p.m and all of us are exhausted. I thank Gail and others, it is very kind of them. Time to say good bye.

August 8, 2018 Sun rised. I have a morning view from the airplane. I'm not alone in this trip. I go with Tri, she is my classmate we are English pre-service student teacher and we will unseparated because we will share room in dorm. We are the first delegates come to PH, arrived at 06.30 a.m and Prof. Lagniton and the driver already fetch us in the airport. She is a supervisor of science. They are very kind and humble. I like Prof. Lagniton, she so graceful. Our first stop is UST, we took pictures in front of the main building then we go to the dorm to put our baggage. Our dorm located at Piy Margal street. It takes 5 minutes to go to UST by walking. After that, we have breakfast in UST food court. We shared room with other delegate from Yogyakarta, Uun. She also an English pre-service student teacher. UST provide us with a comfortable dorm. There are 4 bed, 4 desks, a small kitchen and a bathroom. Look comfortable. August 9, 2018 All delegates a

Time flies so fast. Sometimes I rewind the unforgettable memories in my head about Philippines. New culture, new knowledge, new friends and how to adapt in new society. Words can't explain it all. Most valuable experience of those is when I teach in UST Junior High School. The biggest motivation to improve and develop my teaching method and strategies is my students. Also, I learned a lot from my lovely cooperating teacher. The way she teach inspired me to be a great teacher, easy going but charismatic. Philippines taugh me about being close friends with foreigner. It is not only about shared knowledge and culture but beyond those. We laugh, we cry, we went shopping together and we shared our food. We struggled together, help and  encourage each other. Starting from not knowing each other, we became close like family and I tried to always keep in touch. Mahal ko kayo! I'm so glad to be one of the SEA TEACHER delegates. The education differences between Philippines and Indo